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Draft:Tornadoes in Florida

{{Infobox

| title = Tornadoes in Florida

| image = 300px

| caption = A weak waterspout in Punta Gorda, Florida

| label1 = Tornadoes statewide

| data1 = ~3,939

| label2 = Location of max. windspeeds

| data2 = 207–260 mph (333–418 km/h)

:Kissimmee, Florida F4 tornado

:on April 4, 1966

| label3 = Fatalities

| data3 = >214

| label4 = Injuries

| data4 = >3,891

| label6 = Most active year

| data6 = 1998 (115 tornadoes)

}}Tornadoes in Florida are tornadoes in Florida.{{Jokes}}

Climatology

Florida has a higher frequency of tornadoes per 10,000 square miles than any other state, including some in Tornado Alley, and also sees more than any other state in the Southeastern United States. Tornadoes can occur at any time of the year, though they tend to be less common in November, and tend to happen the most in June. EF4+ tornadoes are very rare in Florida, though EF3 tornadoes have occurred in nearly every month of the year. The state can experience deadly tornado outbreaks, some from squall lines, from isolated local summer thunderstorms, or from tropical cyclones.{{Cite web |title=Tornadoes - Florida Climate Center |url=https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/tornadoes#:~:text=Florida%20has%20the%20dubious%20distinction%20of%20having,panhandle%20and%20parts%20of%20the%20Atlantic%20Coast.&text=Lucie%20and%20Indian%20River%20Counties. |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=climatecenter.fsu.edu}} Florida experiences 60 tornadoes per year on average.{{Cite web |last=Donegan |first=Brian |date=2022-03-21 |title=Where are tornadoes most common? |url=https://www.foxweather.com/learn/average-number-tornadoes-every-state |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}

Intense tornadoes

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" width="2%" align="center" |F#

!Date

!Deaths

!Injuries

! scope="col" align="center" class="unsortable" |Location

! scope="col" align="center" class="unsortable" |County

! scope="col" align="center" |Path length

! scope="col" align="center" |Max width

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|April 5, 1925

|5

|35

|Virginia Gardens to Biscayne Park

|Miami-Dade

|{{Convert|12|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|January 18, 1936

|7

|25

|E of Vernon

|Washington

|{{Convert|14.5|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|April 22, 1945

|0

|8

|Goulding

|Escambia

|{{Convert|0.6|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|October 22, 1945

|1

|4

|Belair to S of Miccosukee

|Leon

|{{Convert|19|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|150|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|September 18, 1947

|2

|100

|Apalachicola

|Franklin

|{{Convert|2.7|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|70|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|September 17, 1954

|2

|2

|S of Fort Pierce

|St. Lucie

|{{Convert|0.1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|10|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|April 10, 1956

|0

|20

|S of Fort Lauderdale

|Broward

|{{Convert|7.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|May 5, 1956

|0

|1

|Pensacola

|Escambia

|{{Convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|50|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

| rowspan="2" |April 15, 1958

|0

|9

|N of St. Augustine Beach

|St. Johns

|{{Convert|3.6|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|73|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|0

|20

|Fort Pierce

|St. Lucie

|{{Convert|14.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|10|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|October 19, 1958

|1

|24

|Pahokee to Indiantown

|Palm Beach, Martin

|{{Convert|20.2|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|440|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|October 31, 1958

|0

|4

|NW of Bradenton

|Manatee

|{{Convert|3.6|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|June 17, 1959

|0

|77

|Coral Gables to Miami to Little Haiti

|Miami-Dade

|{{Convert|22.2|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|333|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|February 24, 1960

|0

|0

|Lake City

|Columbia

|{{Convert|0.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|March 31, 1962

|17

|100

|W to N of Milton

|Santa Rosa

|{{Convert|6.9|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|440|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|December 24, 1964

|0

|4

|Fort Walton Beach metropolitan area

|Okaloosa

|{{Convert|12.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|67|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|February 23, 1965

|0

|6

|Fort Lauderdale

|Broward

|{{Convert|5.7|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|60|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F4

|April 4, 1966

|11

|530

|Tampa to Kissimmee to Cocoa

|Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Osceola, Orange, Brevard

|{{Convert|135.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|October 30, 1967

|0

|44

|West Pensacola

|Escambia

|{{Convert|0.1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|10|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|December 9, 1967

|0

|0

|N of Freeport

|Walton

|{{Convert|0.1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|10|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|December 10, 1967

|1

|50

|E of Panama City

|Bay

|{{Convert|7.1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|250|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|March 5, 1960

|0

|7

|Titusville

|Brevard

|{{Convert|1.9|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|333|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|February 6, 1971

|0

|112

|S of Pensacola

|Escambia

|{{Convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|February 7, 1971

|0

|0

|NW of St. Augustine

|St. Johns

|{{Convert|13.1|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|June 18, 1972

|0

|0

|W of Cocoa

|Brevard

|{{Convert|4.9|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|December 31, 1975

|1

|26

|S of Ocala

|Marion

|{{Convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|May 4, 1978

|3

|94

|Highpoint

|Pinellas

|{{Convert|1.5|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

| rowspan="2" |January 23, 1979

|0

|0

|W of South Bradenton

|Manatee

|{{Convert|7|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|20|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|0

|0

|S of Indiantown

|Martin

|{{Convert|9.6|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|20|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|March 1, 1980

|1

|33

|Pompano Beach

|Broward

|{{Convert|7.8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|500|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|March 18, 1981

|0

|1

|Downtown Orlando

|Orange

|{{Convert|8|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|100|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | F3

|February 22, 1998

|25

|150+

|Kissimmee

|Osceola, Orange, Brevard

|{{Convert|28|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{Convert|250|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

| rowspan="2" |February 2, 2007

|0

|15

|NE of Royal to Wildwood

|Sumter

|{{Convert|5.67|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|335|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|13

|9

|NE of Turpentine to Crows Bluff

|Lake

|{{Convert|12.74|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{Convert|400|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|February 15, 2016

|0

|3

|SW of McDavid to Bluff Springs to Century

|Escambia

|{{convert|11.6|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|February 23, 2016

|0

|3

|Ferry Pass to SE of Harp

|Escambia, Santa Rosa

|{{convert|8.04|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|300|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" |EF3

|March 3, 2019

|0

|2

|E of Tallahassee to N of Lloyd

|Leon, Jefferson

|{{convert|6.5|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|700|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|March 31, 2022

|2

|2

|Gilberts Mill to Steele City

|Washington, Jackson

|{{convert|12.16|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|200|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|January 9, 2024

|0

|0

|Lower Grand Lagoon to Panama City

|Bay

|{{convert|5.22|mi|km|abbr=on}}

|{{convert|550|yd|m|abbr=on}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|rowspan="3" |October 9, 2024

|6

|0

|Florida Ridge

|St. Lucie, Indian River

|{{Convert|21.17|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|500|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|0

|3

|Western Lake Okeechobee

|Glades

|{{Convert|15.25|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|250|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black" | EF3

|0

|7

|Wellington to Jupiter Farms

|Palm Beach, Martin

|{{Convert|29.14|mi|km|abbr=on|comma=off}}

|{{Convert|457|yd|m|abbr=on|comma=off}}

See also

References